Council this Week: Highlights from the July 12 County Council agenda - 20230712

Draft 2024 Transportation Master Plan, Draft 2024 Water and Wastewater Master Plan, 10-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan and more

County Council meetings are broadcast live at www.oxfordcounty.ca/livestream. To download the full agenda or view past recordings of council meetings, visit www.oxfordcounty.ca/council.

The Draft 2024 Transportation Master Plan is before County Council next week, laying out Oxford County’s strategic roadmap for multi-modal...

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Future Oxford Legacy Fund awards over $10,000 in grants to local not-for-profit organizations

Read this release on the Future Oxford website. 

The Future Oxford Legacy Fund is announcing $10,500 in community grants for 2023 to develop new and sustainable community and regional opportunities that align with the Future Oxford Community Sustainability Plan.

Six grants were awarded this spring for not-for-profit projects under the community development and support funding stream.
 

• Community Options for Justice received $3,500 in grant money to increase access to mental health counselling for youth in...
  
  

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Habitat for Humanity Heartland Ontario celebrates key ceremony in Tillsonburg

Read this news release on the Habitat for Humanity Heartland Ontario website. 

TILLSONBURG, ON – June 28, 2023 – Habitat for Humanity Heartland Ontario is excited to announce a Groundbreaking Ceremony for a future Habitat homeowner, and their family in Oxford County. This Habitat home is built in partnership with Hayhoe Homes, the Town of Tillsonburg, Oxford County and the Government of Canada. Join in the celebration at 54 Braun Street, Tillsonburg, on June 28, 2023, at 11:00 AM. 

Rebecca Smith,...

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Flag notice - 20230704

Flags at the Oxford County Administration Building, Government of Ontario buildings, and establishments in the City of Woodstock will be flown at half-mast from sunrise to sunset on July 4, 2023, the day of the funeral for Captain David Domagala, who died while on duty on June 20, 2023.  

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Oxford County Library unveils new library branch on wheels

Ox on the Run “bookmobile” aims to connect residents to library resources and programming

Oxford County Library’s Ox on the Run program is expanding thanks to a new mobile library unit and two outreach staff as a pilot project in 2023-2024. The new mobile library unit, or “Bookmobile,” is a decommissioned ambulance from Oxford County Paramedic Services retrofitted to serve as a library branch on wheels. The Ox on the Run summer outreach program was first introduced in 2019 to connect residents to...

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